Élisabeth Hardouin-Fugier - Stages in the Development of Animal Law : Pius V, Schoelcher and Clemenceau

Pouvoirs n°131 - Les animaux - novembre 2009 - p.29-41

According to the legal regime applied to animals in the so-called Western system of thought, the animal is considered either as a culprit, an object or a victim. In case of sexual zoophilia it is assigned each of these three roles. The British campaigners against slavery obtained the first law concerning bullfighting, the Martin’s Act of 1822, which provided the basis for the national animal law regime slowly extended to Europe. Among many famous figures, a pope, a leading antislavery campaigner and a political leader, contributed to it. Résumé

Référence électonique : Élisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, "Stages in the Development of Animal Law : Pius V, Schoelcher and Clemenceau", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°131, 2009, p.29-41. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Stages-in-the-Development-of.html